Karen Blass (Limited edition) See Photos. Id always play a full gamea made-up game, with two big-league teamsand Id write down the line score as I went along, and keep the results. . I dont know the answer, Bill Virdon told me in the Yankee clubhouse. See Photos. In the summer of 54, when they won that record one hundred and eleven games, I managed to find every single box score in the newspapers and clip it, which took some doing up where we lived. Perfect. or. Morgan, I decided, eventually singled to right on a curve in on the handlea lucky hitbut then Blass retired his next Cincinnati hitter, Dan Driessen, who popped out on a slider. There is no doubt that during the past two years he didnt react to a bad performance the way he used to, and you have to wonder why he couldnt apply his competitiveness to his problem. You know, this thing thats happened has been painted so bad, so tragic, he said. Blass never pitched well in the majors after Clementes death. This famous photograph (by Rusty Kennedy, of the Associated Press) does not require captioning for most baseball fans or for almost anyone within the Greater Pittsburgh area, where it is still prominently featured in the art collections of several hundred taverns. DAYTON, Ohio - Karen Lamb, 61, of Trotwood, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to six months in prison followed by six months in home detention for stealing Social Security benefits and COVID-19 stimulus money in the name of her deceased brother. On a team that played close to .500 ball, Blass stood out as one of its prime stars. Karen G-s BlaSs. Select this result to view Stephen Mark Blass's phone number, address, and more. Blass repeated mantras and meditated twice a day for about two months; he found that it relaxed him, but it did not seem to have much application to his pitching. He made brief appearances in two games against Pirate farmhands, and threw well. They can bury you before you even get started. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and. Theres one possibility nobody has brought up, he said. . 28 . It was time to get out. I have a varied background spanning social impact assessment, international and community development, environmental science and environmental law and policy which has provided me with a range of experience working on development projects both within Australia and internationally including countries such as Bangladesh, Colombia, Vietnam and China. Strikeouts are of no particular use in defining pitching effectiveness, since there are other, less vivid ways of retiring batters, but bases on balls matter. By early June, his record was three wins and three losses, but his earned-run average suggested that his difficulties were serious. The Pirates had scored again in the eighth, but the Orioles had responded with a run of their own and had brought the tying run around to third base before Blass shut them off once and for all. What pleased him most that year was his consistency. 3. He started again against the Braves on June 11th, in Atlanta; after three and one-third innings he was gone, having given up seven singles, a home run, two walks, and a total of five runs. This insider's view of the humorous and bizarre journey of . It was ball one. On a wall opposite a long sofa there was, among other things, a plaque representing the J. Roy Stockton Award for Outstanding Baseball Achievement, a Dapper Dan Award for meritorious service to Pittsburgh, a shiny metal bat with the engraved signatures of the National League All-Stars of 1972, a 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates World Champions bat, a signed photograph of President Nixon, and a framed, decorated proclamation announcing Steve Blass Day in Falls Village, Connecticut: Be it known that this twenty-second day of October in the year of our Lord 1971, the citizens of Falls Village do set aside and do honor with pride Steve Blass, the tall skinny kid from Falls Village, who is now the hero of baseball and will be our hero always. It was signed by the towns three selectmen. Professional sports have a powerful hold on us because they display and glorify remarkable physical capacities, and because the artificial demands of games played for very high rewards produce vivid responses. 39 books | 264 friends Rionach Aiken. His hunched, airborne posture makes him look like a man who has just made a running jump over a sizable objecta kitchen table, say. Blass walked the first two men he faced, and gave up a stolen base and a wild pitch and a run-scoring single before retiring the side. Blass knew that his case was desperate. Learning the names of all the kids is the hard part, he said to me. I think most progress in baseball comes from enjoying it and then wanting to extend yourself a little, wanting it to become more. A lot of the Sox struck out, too, and a lot of players on both teams walked more than I could count, in fact. Lots of other stuff. (His pay, which had been ninety thousand dollars in 1973, was cut to seventy-five thousand for the next season, and then to sixty-three thousand this spring.) A Southwest Florida golf legend died Sunday. Sometimes I think I got to hate the frustration and pain of this more than he did. All Ive ever wanted to do since I was six years old was to keep on playing baseball. In the end, it was talking to people that did it. I was embarrassed and disgusted. Toward the end of his 30-minute speech . . Blass and I sat in his car at the pizza place, drinking beer and waiting for our order, and he talked about his baseball beginnings. Being good up here is so toughpeople have no idea. The Pirate organization had been extraordinarily patient, but was, after all, in the business of baseball. This, the third and central Y in the picture, is immobile. Im not bitter about this. HARTFORD, Conn. Steve Blass had just pitched the game of his life, of any pitcher's life, beating the Orioles, 2-1, in Game 7 of the World Series. People named Karen Blass. The frustrating, bewildering part of it all was that while working alone with a catcher Blass continued to throw as well as he ever had; his fastball was alive, and his slider and curve shaved the corners of the plate. He says now that he was very interested in Dr. Harrisons theories but that they just didnt seem to help him much. Karen Blass #176481. I asked if maintaining this superhuman calm might not have damaged Steve in some way, or even added to his problems. Steve Blass, noticing my confusion, explained that, in order to avert a parade of walked batters in these games, any strike thrown by a pitcher was considered to have wiped out the balls he had already delivered to the same batter; a strike on the 30 count reconverted things to 01. He came home feeling a little hopeful (he was almost living on such minimal nourishments), but when he forced himself to think about it he had to admit that he had been too tense to throw the fastball much, even against rookies. They have also lived in Pittsburgh, PA. Karen is related to Meghan Chandler Blass and Chris F Blass as well as 2 additional people. Joe Brown had told Blass that the end of the line might be approaching. Most of the action, or inaction, took place around home plate, since there was not much bat-and-ball contact, but there was shrill non-stop piping of encouragement from the fielders, and disappointed batters were complimented on their overswings by a small, chilly assemblage of mothers, coaches, and dads. Thus, it may be posited as a rule that a major-league hurler who gives up an average of just over three and a half runs per game is about at the middle of his professionan average pitcher. He would tell me about it, and get angry and hurt. On many other teams, he would have been no more than the second- or third-best starter, and his responsibilities, real and imagined, would have been less acute. He told Joe Brown that Steves problems might be over. I began worrying about making big money and not performing. Pete Rose is leading offright? View Profile. Both of his arms are flung wide, and he, too, is shouting. If I did Id go get Steve to pitch for me. Well, I dont go along with that. One of Murtaughs first acts was to announce that Steve Blass would be given a start. Karen Lamb: Children(s) Chris Blass, David Blass: " Down The Drain " is an unusual sports story. and in bookshops internationally. His wife, Karen, also from the . I worried about being traded. Other occupants: Lamb Harriet T Mather. He agreed at once. CELEBRITY GOSSIPY BIO. He pitched on opening day, against the Cards, but threw poorly and was relieved, although the Pirates eventually won the game. All three of her brothers were superior ball players and two were signed by major league teams. I went to another ballgame with Steve Blass on the night after the Little League affairthis time at Three Rivers Stadium, where the Pirates were meeting the Cardinals. Her age is 69. There is no other player in recent baseball historyat least none with Blasss record and credentialswho has lost his form in such sudden and devastating fashion and been totally unable to recover. Stephen Robert Blass (born April 18, 1942) is an American former professional baseball player and television sports color commentator. Somehow, he didnt show any emotion at all. Forty-seven years old): Right after that terrible game in Atlanta, Steve told me that it had felt as if the whole world was pressing down on him while he was out there. I know what Ive done in baseball, and I give myself all the credit in the world for it. Id throw the ball up, and then Id be diving into the weeds for pop-ups or running back and calling for the long fly balls, and all. It was a horrendous disappointment for the Pittsburgh Pirates and their fans, for which no blame at all could be attached to Blass. Steve Blass weighed 165 lbs (74 kg) when playing. I talked to everybody, but mostly to Joe Brown and Danny and my wife. He suddenly laughed. . You may leave a message for the family by clicking here. I worried about not contributing to the team. Stephen is related to Emily Harwood White and Vicki Ann Blass as well as 1 additional person. He could do rat soundsthe noise a rat makes running. Well, Ill start him out with a good, tough fastball outside. His salary at the beginning of 1971the year of his two great Series winswas forty thousand dollars; two years later, it was ninety thousand, and there were World Series and playoff checks on top of that. I tried to imagine what it felt like for him not to be down in the dugout. My first big-league autograph was Hank Majeski., Blass grew up into an athletea good sandlot football player, a second-team All-State Class B basketball star, but most of all a pitcher, like his father. aren is a top-producing agent at Beacham and Company Realtors and has been selling . This argument is a difficult one, and is probably impossible to resolve. Steve Blass, the longtime Pittsburgh Pirates broadcaster and former pitcher, will retire at the end of the 2019 season, he announced at a press . The former Karen Lamb, who will celebrate her 49th anniversary with Mr. Blass today [Friday], came from an athletic family. Blass once told me that there were at least seventeen theories about the reason for his failure. It was the swing that put Richie back on his heels like that. Later on, Richie Zisk hit a homer off Gibson, on a three-and-two count, and Blass murmured, The high slider is one of the hittable pitches when it isnt just right. These are routine pitching mistakes, which almost all pitchers are guilty of from time to time, and Blass worked on them assiduously. There have been hundreds of shiningly promising rookie pitchers and sluggers who, for one reason or another, could not do their thing once they got up to the big time. You cant force your ideas on somebody, especially when he is doing what he thinks he has to do. Bio gossipy. Sign Up. The Blass homestead included a barn with an interestingly angled roof, against which a young Steve would play hundreds of one-man games with a tennis ball. The big hit of the game was a triple to left center by the White Sox catcher, David Blass, who is ten years old. . Finally, Murtaugh came out very slowly to the mound and told Blass that he was taking him out of the game; Dave Giusti came in to relieve his old roommate. He threw well. Steve Blass was born on April 18, 1942 in Canaan, Connecticut, USA. As a result, he was of very little use to the Pirates even in batting practice. All-Star team. He says he hated the idea of hitting and possibly sidelining one of his teammates, but he is convinced that this anxiety was the result of his control problems rather than the cause. The biggest picture in the room hung over the sofaan enlarged color photograph of the Blass family at the Father-and-Sons Day at Three Rivers Stadium in 1971. Swinging strike. A ballplayer learns very early that he cant bring the game home with him every night, he said once. By early August, Blasss record with Charleston was two and nine, and 9.74. He lives in New York City. The remaining pieces of evidence (if, indeed, they have any part in the mystery) have been recounted here. Dusty Baker singled, driving in a run. He fell into a slump, which led to an irreparable loss of confidence. Sport is no longer a release from the harsh everyday American business world but its continuation and apotheosis. Watching him work, you sometimes wondered how he was getting all those batters out. In the photo, Karen Blass looks extremely pretty in a large straw hat, and all three male Blasses are wearing Pirate uniforms; the boys uniforms look a little funny, because in their excitement each boy had put on the others pants. Thats what people mean when they say youre in the groove. 3.85. He could do Robert Kennedy. The winning (and undefeated) White Sox and the losing Orioles exchanged cheers, and Karen Blass, a winning and clearly undefeated mother, came over and introduced me to the winning catcher and the winning second baseman. Bradenton, FL Upper St Clair, PA Upper Saint Clair, PA. Stephen Blass. At eleven that same night, they reboarded the bus and drove to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for their next date, arriving at about nine in the morning. Dennis Bowen, Kurt Grayson, Steve Forrest, Gerrit Graham, Karen Lamm, Darrell Fetty, James Keach, extras appearing in the ABC tv movie 'The Hatfields. But I couldnt always share that, and I didnt have his ability to keep things under control.. He won a complete game against the Padres, but in his next two appearances, against the Dodgers and the Expos, he survived for barely half the distance; in the Expos game, he threw three scoreless innings, and then suddenly gave up two singles, a double, and two walks. Blass had started the game in Toledo, and he was so disgusted with his performance that he got back on the bus without having showered or taken off his uniform. Thats what happened in that World Series game, when I kept throwing that big slop curveball to Boog Powell, and it really ruined him. Rose took another ball, and then grounded out on a medium-speed curveball. Steves a very private person.. I remember the vivid contrast in styles between the two stars in the noisy, floodlit, champagne-drenched Pirate clubhouse that afternoon. They have two children. Their fastball comes in high, their curves hang, the rest of their prime weapons desert them. 2d 17h. Maybe it was like his never having a sore arm. Steve Blass was born on April 18, 1942 in Canaan, Connecticut, USA. Anyone who takes the trouble to write a man who is suffering deserves to be thanked, he told me. Steve Blass is 6-0 (183 cm) tall. We sat behind home plate, down near the screen, and during the first few innings a lot of young fans came clustering down the aisle to get Steves autograph. Don Osborn, a gentle man in his mid-sixties, says, Steves problem was mental. Never. She paused, and then she said, I think he directed his anger toward making the situation livable here at home. No, I couldnt do that., After the end of the 1973 season, Blass joined the Pirates team in the Florida Instructional League (an autumn institution that exists mostly to permit the clubs to look over their prime minor-league prospects), where he worked intensively with a longtime pitching coach, Don Osborn, and appeared in three games. Everybody has been great to me, all through this thing, Blass said. At that point, he said, I was looking for even a little bit of successone good inning, a few real fastballs, anything to hold on to that might halt my negative momentum. In truth, nothing helped. $0.99. Now, after ball one, Ill give him a medium-to-slow curveball and try to get it over the platejust throw it for a strike., Now I throw him a real slow curveballa regular rainbow. Steve has worked at being a man and being a father and a husband. The fastball is a great healer. This time, the fastball had been much better, and at least he could hold on to that; maybe the problem had been mechanical all along. His body is tilting toward the center of the picture, his mask is held in his right hand, his big glove is still on his left hand, and his mouth is open in a gigantic shout of pleasure. Steve Forrest, Karen Lamm appearing in the ABC tv movie 'The Hatfields and the McCoys'. Ive had good luck against him with that sort of stuff.. Im real proud of the fact that this thing hasnt bothered us at home. His statistics for the 1973 season were three wins and nine defeats, and an earned-run average of 9.81. .. How old is Steve Blass? Karen M Lamb. I promised he would have no control problems. Maybe your control is something that can just go. It was probably at this time that Blass consulted a psychiatrist. He picked us all up. I was a total Indians fan, completely buggy. In his first start, against the Dodgers in Los Angeles, he pitched against Don Drysdale and won, 42. Find your friends on Facebook. Under the guidance of pitching coach Don Osborn, he attempted some unusual experiments. Blass refuses to make jokes about these nostrums. ? he said. [1] Down there, youve got to look at it all in pieces. He tried not to think much about baseball, and he didnt work on his pitching. Terry allegedly cheated on his own wife of three years with the girlfriend of his teammate Wayne Bridge, the French underwear model named Vanessa Perroncel, also the mother of Bridge's . David and Chris have come through it all in fine shape. Ive got to work very carefully to him, because when hes hot hes capable of hitting it out anytime., Well, the sliders only been fair today. Well, the day before that first workout I woke up at four-thirty in the morning. Karen Blass. Today Mayor Bill Peduto named Saturday, September 28, Steve Blass . Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. Karen Lamb 10 likes. The gamethe White Sox vs. the Orioleswas a close, 31 affair, in which the winning White Sox pitcher, John McKenzie, struck out seventeen batters, in six innings. The departure of a superstar leaves an almost visible empty place on a successful team, and the leaders next in linewho in this case would certainly include Steve Blassfeel the inescapable burden of trying to fill the gap. He won a World Series title in 1971, earned an All-Star selection the following season and retired from the diamond a few . Ill throw it in the dirt to show it to himget him geared to that kind of speed. . They have two children. By signing up, you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. He tried pitching while kneeling on the mound. How much is Steve Blass worth? Steve Blass was born on April 18, 1942, in the rural town of Canaan, Connecticut. Steve Blass was born in Canaan, CT. How tall is Steve Blass? Karen used to bawl out me and Tony for not being tougher on him, for not doing more. He was afraid of injuring someonehitting a hatter with a fastball. Blass tries to pass off the experience lightly (he is apparently incapable of self-pity) but one can guess what must have been required of him to summon up even a scrap of the kind of hope and aggressive self-confidence that are prerequisites, at every level, of a successful athletic performance. Not only did he never have a sore arm but he never had any of the stiffness and pain that most pitchers feel on the day after a game. His wife is Karen Lamb (5 October 1963 - present) ( 2 children) Steve Blass Net Worth His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. I thought it might be the end for me. Virdon and Blass agreed that a spell in the bullpen seemed called for; at least he could work on his problems there every day. You know, I can almost see that fastball to Perez, and I can see his bat going through it, swinging through the pitch and missing, he said. Its no big thing, but suddenly its gone. He paused, and then he laughed in a self-deprecating way. Then hed let it come out, and yell and scream and pound on things. 1. The subject of the picture, of course, is classicalthe celebration of the last out of the seventh game of the World Series. of 9.00, were also his major-league figures for the year, because late in April the Pirates sent him down to the Charleston (West Virginia) Charlies, their farm team in the Class AAA International League. What a player is thinking is about eighty per cent of it. He shortens up and then chases the pitch up here., He was animated. Like. Steve Lamb Steve Burt Lamb Stave Ann B Jill Lamb S Afmd Jill A Blackburn. Karen Lamb (Blass) is a 1960 graduate of Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village, Connecticut. He sulks or rages, according to his nature; he asks for help; he works long hours on his motion. One of my personal favorites involves Chelsea captain John Terry and his former teammate Wayne Bridge. in physical education at Syracuse. Steve Nobel. It went on and happened to me. Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. Tom Seaver went through such a slump last summer. Clemente loved it. On April 22nd, against the Cubs, he gave up a walk, two singles, a homer, and a double in the first inning, sailed through the second inning, and then walked a man and hit two batsmen in the third. Johnny Oates walked. Hey, you can really see how it works from here, cant you? he said. He tried pitching from the outfield, with the sweeping motion of a fielder making a long peg. Karen Blais. He and Karen had agreed that the family would go back to Bradenton for spring training, and that he would give it one more try. Think about the enormity of that feat. They never came. They had also been generous, refusing to cut his salary by the full twenty per cent permissible in extending a major-league contract. The enormous alterations of professional sport in the past three decades, and especially the prodigious inflation of franchises and salaries, have made it evident even to the most thoughtless fan that the play he has come to see is serious indeed, and that the heart of the game is not physical but financial. I would call the balls and strikes and hits. In spite of such hovering and inexplicable hazards, every big-league pitcher knows exactly what is expected of him. I am not a Pittsburgher, but looking at this photograph never fails to give me pleasure, not just because of its aesthetic qualities but because its high-bounding happiness so perfectly brings back that eventful World Series and that particular gray autumn afternoon in Baltimore and the wonderful and inexpungible expression of joy that remained on Steve Blasss face after the game ended. There is no doubt but that the sudden taking away of their most famous and vivid star affected all the Pirates, including Steve Blass. The game he picked was against the Cubs, in Chicago, on September 11th. Updated: 3:31 PM EST Jan 15, 2019. Karen and Steve pointed this out to me, and then they went back to their arrival in the big time on that rainy long-ago first day in Pittsburgh and Steves insisting on trying on his Pirate uniform, and they leaned back in their chairs and laughed about it again. Karen Blass lives in Pittsburgh, PA; previous city include Bradenton FL. When Chris Blass went down swinging in the fourth, his father came over and said, The sinker down and away is tough. Steve Blass has a longish, lightly freckled face, a tilted nose, and an alert and engaging expression. The game went well for him. Steve Blass Movies Steve Blass Books Steve Blass Wikipedia Photo. Steve Blass played 10 . The other, more serious theories are sometimes presented alone, sometimes in conjunction with others. Longtime City of Fort Myers director of golf Rich Lamb passed away after a long health battle. Young kidsmaybe three or four years old. Steve Blass is a former pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and has been broadcasting their games as color commentator since 1987. One day in January, he went over to the field house at the University of Pittsburgh and joined some other Pirates there for a workout. Ive had the greatest moments a person could ever want. Davey Johnson singled, scoring another run. He didn't. <br><br>With a dual background in both the . What happened to Blass isn't an anomaly. There is rarely an explanation for this, whether the slump has lasted for two games or a dozen, and managers and coaches, when pressed for one, will usually mutter that pitching is a delicate thing, oras if it explained anythinghe got back in the groove.. He gave up two runs in the second, but he seemed to throw without much tension, and he even struck out Bill Melton, the Chicago third baseman, with a fastball. Ad Choices. The training period made it clear that nothing had altered with him (he walked twenty-five men in fourteen innings in exhibition play), and when the club went North he was left in Bradenton for further work. But sometimes, of course, what is happening on the field seems to speak to something deeper within us; we stop cheering and look on in uneasy silence, for the man out there is no longer just another great athlete, an idealized hero, but only manonly ourself. In the old days, he used to get mad at himself after a bad showing, and sometimes he threw things around in the clubhouse. I said, Hes ready, we can use him! Funny. . 123 ratings20 reviews. Blass made the trip mostly because he had promised Maury Wills, who is now a baserunning consultant to several teams, that he would not quit the game until he had seen Mr. Ellen. He does not talk about itin part out of natural reticence but also because the Pirate front office, in an effort to protect his privacy, turned away inquiries into this area by Pittsburgh writers and persistently refused to comment on whether any such therapy was undertaken. At the beginning of the 1973 season, Steve Blass had a lifetime earned-run average of 3.25 and was averaging 1.9 walks per game. 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